Happy New Year! Come and Celebrate This Joy With Me!
I've been talking about it, and preparing for my new cd release for the last six months. Finally it is here and available on this page. It's titled "All And All", It includes 13 of my original songs that are sure to uplift your spirit! Some of my family and friends tell me that several of the songs have hit potentual, but I'll let you be the judge of that. The songs are mainly Gospel Contemporary with one or two Traditional style and you will also hear some R&B Ballad flavor as well. As you pull up my page and begin to scroll down you will begin to hear being played. You will also be able to download the album if you care to directly from this site! Please take a moment to take a listen and let me know how much you really enjoyed it! :) Thanks for your support, and may God Bless You Real Good !
Larry Dennis
www.myspace.com/larrydennismusic
The oldest of five siblings, Larry Dennis was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He started his passion at the young age of five, joined the junior choir at the Green Grove Baptist Church at the age of seven and at the age of nine he confessed Christianity and was baptized. After his mother past away when he was eleven years of age, he was determined to make a name for himself and help provide for his siblings. At the age of thirteen he began playing the piano by ear and continued learning by taking lessons through a piano teacher at his church. As a member of the East High School Gospel choir, he had the opportunity to perform at several churches in the Cleveland area and was chosen to sing in the City Wide solo contest where he received top awards. Larry was also the musician/director for the Young Adult Choir at New Mount Zion Baptist Church.
Upon graduating from high school Larry was drafted into the U.S. Army and was stationed at Ft Lewis, Washington Army base. One Sunday Larry was singing off base at a church where an Army Chaplain heard him and asked him to help form a Gospel Choir for the Military Chapel Service. The Choir became popularly known as The Martin Luther King Singers and won several awards for best military Gospel Choir. He was later re-assigned to Germany where he auditioned and was accepted into the 7th Army Soldiers Chorus in Heidelberg, Germany. There he traveled throughout Europe and was often a featured soloist and became popular in the German Community as the lead singer of the song "Amen". When not on the road with the Army Chorus Larry also worked with the Army Chaplain as musician/choir director throughout his tour of duty in Germany and the gospel choir traveled to various cities to perform and won several awards. Upon his return to the US Larry joined the Gospel Music Workshop of America founded by the late Reverend James Cleveland where two of his original songs were selected and performed and recorded by the Workshop Mass Choir and two other songs were selected and performed by that Workshop's Youth Choir.
Larry later joined the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses founded by the late Thomas A Dorsey where two of his songs were selected and performed by the Mass Choir, and one was selected and performed by the Alumni Choral. Larry's original songs are a combination of mainly gospel contemporary and some traditional style and occasional you may hear some R&B flavor. Larry loves punchy rhythmic upbeat songs and slow soothing ballads with a powerful message of love, joy and encouragement as you will hear as you listen to some of his songs. Larry loves to sing songs that give God praise for all of the many blessings. One of his favorite hymns is "Great is thy Faithfulness", for God has truly been faithful! Larry has always had a humble spirit when it comes to his musical gifts, and realizes that it is God that deserves the Glory!
Larry presently lives in the Washington, DC area and has had the opportunity to perform with established artist such as the late Reverend James Cleveland, Vicky Winans, Keith Pringle, The Winans, Ben Vereen, Edwin Hawkins, Dorothy Norwood, Richard Smallwood, Shirley Caesar, Walter Hawkins, Donald Lawrence, Kirk Franklin, and Kirt Carr.
I have'nt played live in a long time, maybe being on this site will get me started!
Hawkins, Freddie Fuller, (Stubby) Howard Smith, Larry Adams, Alvin Killibrew, Minister Ricky Fowler, Alvin Nesbitt, Rev. Conrad Brooks, Roland Roach, Elder Jeremiah Murphy, Jeffrey A. LaValley, Andrew Rowe, Pastor Mary Tilghman, Bernard Maveritte, Harrold Sutton, Wesley Watkins, Lenny Williams, John & Esther Watson, Forrest McCain, Tangee Rowe, Pastor Kenny
Spears, Ricky Payton, Judd Williams, William Hubbard, Harvey Lewis Jr., Danny McCrimmon, Tim Linzy, Milt Matthews, Steve Lawrence, Dottie Jones, Debbie Steele, Angie Steele, Marvin McCoy, Veda McCoy, Terrance Richburg, Terron Whitehead, Billy Preston, Richard Smallwood, Henry McKenzie Davis, Shirley K. Berkley, Pastor Roland Kenner Jr, Steven Ford, Butch McGhee,
Professor Theodore King, Milton Bigham, Andrae Crouch, Edwin Hawkins, Walter Hawkins, Rev. Charles Nicks, Rev. Andrae Woods, Evangelist Rosie Wallace Brown, Rev. Lawrence Roberts, Rev. Robert Hubbard (Cleveland Ohio) Wintley Phipps, Thomas Dorsey, Pastor Marvin Winans, Ernie Davis Jr. Mryna Sumners, Shirley Ceasar, Vanessa Williams, and Minister Thomas Whitfield. All of these wonderful people impacted my life personally or by sharing their awesome gift of music; thank you !!
Piano, Hammond Organ, Keyboards